Equipment & setup

What comes along.

Everything here was chosen by the same rules: good, repairable, modular — and specific. Not categories, but the things that have earned their place.

6 areas
Karl by the lake at golden hour, roof raised
  • Tools

    Knipex, Wera, Hazet, Wiha — plus an OBDLink for reading fault codes. A few good pieces that won’t give up on you beat a full case of cheap ones.

  • Recovery & off-road

    ARB, MAXTRAX, Factor 55. Rarely needed — but when they are, every second and every newton counts.

  • Power & connectivity

    220 W of solar (two panels), a 107 Ah AGM (LiFePO₄ planned), a power station and a Starlink Mini. Power is rarely the bottleneck — at normal consumption the sun tops it up during the day. What runs out first is water, not amps.

  • Camp & kitchen

    Quiet, compact, made for long journeys. Felt to stop the rattles, as little plastic as possible, nothing that starts to grate after a few months.

  • Care

    ACF-50, Autosol, Ballistol. The aluminium cabin is salt-water-resistant — after a winter of road salt you still look after it, or rust wins in the end.

  • Photo

    A Sony full-frame for the road, a Fuji GFX 100 II when it really matters. You carry the weight gladly when the subject is worth it.